COMMUNITY NEWS

Community Telco is an active participant in La Trobe Uni’s Information Technology Cadetship Program to ensure that IT students receive the most up to date industry qualification while gaining full time employment with a national IT organisation

To support customers who are impacted by natural disasters, we have in place a ‘Natural Disaster Assistance Package’. While we can come to some level of understanding as to how a natural disaster may affect our customers we will never truly understand the full impact. For this reason we have put together the following Natural Disaster Assistance Package that will assist our customers during this challenging time. More Information

Cartwheel Education’s ‘Turn A Life Around’ campaign is raising awareness for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Community Telco recycled customer donated used smartphones, redeployed them with advanced learning and communication applications and distributed them to children and families in need to allowing them greater integration them into the community and providing for a better quality of life.

South East Qld Community Telco was a proud sponsor of the 2012 Ipswich Festival. Running for 12 days, the festival delivered a myriad of music, arts, crafts, food and other community events to bring the Ipswich community together to celebrate the unique and diverse culture.

Suncoast Community Telco have proudly supported the STEMM program by donating a brand new bus to enable young mothers across the Sunshine Coast to travel to the program with their babies to continue their education, receive guidance, life skills and encouragement during their attendance.

Suncoast Community Telco is a long standing supporter of Inclusive Kids, an initiative providing financial support to families of children with a disability. Delivered through a local grants program, Inclusive Kids has donated over $156,000 to families in need of equipment and therapy.

Vicwest Community Telco maintains a commitment to donating a percentage of its revenue to assist in the operating costs of Anam Cara House; a free of charge day hospice and overnight respite facility for patients with a life-limiting illness, and their families.

Vicwest Community Telco is a proud financial sponsor of Peter’s Project; an initiative named in honour of the late Peter Jellie, Peter’s Project has developed cancer care services to provide a start of the art facility for cancer patients in south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia.

Vicwest Community Telco is a major supporter and financial contributor to the PETstock Assist Foundation which was established to provide assistance to abused, neglected and abandoned companion animals through rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming.

Vicwest Community Telco has been an ongoing and committed business partner of United Way Ballarat, showing their support and admiration for the hardworking organisation addressing key needs within the Ballarat and surrounding community.

Vicwest Community Telco is passionate about their relationship with the Ballarat Basketball Foundation providing a pathway for budding basketball stars with to achieve their professional sports goals through a comprehensive grants program, assisting with the costs associated with supporting a child with elite basketball aspirations.